Splash guard



Nov. 28, "1939. c. A. $512122; ET AL 2,181,807

I S PLASH GUARD Filed Jan. 23, 1939 Cyrus A. 66ers, fey y'aaoiz ,5. $8971; Z ZTZZZZ'QWZ A $8978 INVENTORS ATTOR N EYS Patented Nov. 28, '1939 SPLASH GUARD.

Cyrus A. Geers, FergusonB. Geers, and William A. Geers, Oollinsville, 111.

"Application January 23, 1939, Serial No. 252,450

i 5 Claims.

This invention relates to splash guards for footwear, and its general object is to provide uards or protectors for detachable "connection to shoes, slippers or the like or to be formed integral with, overshoes, rubbers and the like for disposal about the-heelsthereof to prevent water,

mud, slush, etc., from splashing on the-stockings or other apparel-of the wearer while walking. A-further object is to provide splash guards of the character set forth, that include atrough 'or troughs'for catching the water as it is thrown upwardly by the heels, and for draining the same laterally away from and toward the outer sides of "the shoes to'prevent any possibility of splashing upon theapparel of the wearer.

Another object is to provide splash guards that are simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and extremely efficient in use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several Views, and'in which:

Figure '1 is a side elevation illustrating the detachable form of our guard attached to a shoe.

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken approximately on line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken approximately on line 33 of Figure 2, looking in .the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a side elevation illustrating an overshoe constructed to include our splash guard.

Referring to the drawing in detail and particularly to the form as shown in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, the letter A indicates a shoe of the slipper type, with our splash guard detachably connectedthereto, but we want it understood that the guard can be detachably connected to any type of footwear, as will be apparent. The guard of this form 'is made from a single sheet of any material suitable for the purpose, such as rubber or the like, molded or otherwise formed to provide an upper portion I curved to follow the curvature of the rear portion of the shoe and.

is detachably connected therewith by clips 2 in the form of hooks including shanks riveted or otherwise secured as at 3 adjacent to the upper edge of the upper portion 1 with the hook portionsinnermost for engagement with the upper edge of the shoe, as bestishown in Figure 3. While we have illustrated hook shaped clips for detachably connecting the guards to the shoes, we may employ any other suitable means for that 5 purpose.

The lower portion of the guard .is outwardly flared for disposal spaced relation with re :spect to the heel of the :shoe and theguard' is of 'a height so that its lower edge terminates a 10 "suitable distance above the'ibottom of the heel to clear the ground, as willbe apparent.

The outwardly flared lower portion provides what'imay :be termed a skirt and has formed on tthe'inner surface thereof throughout itswidth '15 lupwardlyEdirected ribs 5 inclined outwardly with respect to the skirt portion, as best shown in Figure 3, and the ribs act in the capacity of troughs, in that they provide drain channels 65 for receiving water and the like as it is splashed 20 upwardly from the heel. The troughs slope from one side edge of the skirt to the opposite side edge thereof, as best shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, and it will be obvious that the lower ends of the trough provide outlets therefor, and 25 that the guards are to be attached to the shoes, so that the troughs drain toward the outer sides of the heel, to direct water and the like away from the same.

While we' have illustrated three troughs in 5 the form of Figures 1 to 3, it will be obvious that any number of troughs or only one'trough may be provided. It will be noted as best shown in Figure 2 that the inner side of the skirt portion which is indicated by the reference numeral 8 is outwardly flared to a less degree than that of the outer side 9, so that the skirt portions will not strike each, other while the wearer is walking and that feature also cooperates with the slope of the troughs for directing the contents 40 .of the latter to the outer sides of the heel.

In Figure 4, we have illustrated our guard as being formed integral withan overshoe B, and this form includes a skirt it} havingits upper edge molded with or otherwise formed on the heel portion of the overshoe, and extends therefrom in outwardly flared depending relation for disposal about the rear and sides of' the heel, to be spaced a considerable distance therefrom, but is arranged with respect to the heel in the same 5 manner as that of the skirt 4, that is the skirt it is spaced a less distance from the inside of the heel portion than from the outside thereof. The form of Figure 4 likewise includes troughs H similar to those of the form of Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, for draining water and the like and directing the same toward the outside of the 1. A splash guard for shoes, comprising a skirt connected to a shoe and being curved for disposal about the rear and sides of the heel thereof, said skirt being outwardly flared .in spaced relation to the heel and shaped to be spaced a less distance from the insideof. the. 3

heel than from the outside thereof, and channeled draining means on the inner surface of the skirt and sloping downwardly from the inside oflthe heel to the outside thereof.'

2. AV splash guard for shoes, comprising a 'skirtvconnected to a shoe and being curved for disposal about the rear and. sides of the heel thereof, said skirt being outwardly flared in spaced relation to the heel and shaped to be spaceda less distance from the inside of the heel than from the outside thereof, and ribs iormed on the inner. surface of the skirt and being upwardly inclined therefrom to provide drain troughs in the skirt extending from the inside of the heel to the outside thereof;

r 3. Aflsplash guard for shoes, comprising a skirt connected to a shoe and being curvedfor disposalabout thetrear and sides of the heel 2,181,807 I .1". .t t,

thereof, said. skirt being outwardly flared in spaced relation to the heel and shaped to be spaced 2. less distancefrom the inside-of the heel than from the outside thereof, ribs formed on theinner surface of the skirt and being upwardly inclined therefrom to provide drain troughs extending from the inside edge of the skirt to its outside'edge, and said troughs sloping downwardly from the inside of the heel to the outside thereof. f J

4; A splash guard for shoes, comprising a sheet of material curved uponitself to provide an upper portion shaped to follow the rear portion of; a shoe, hook shaped clips secured to the upper edge of the upper portion for disposal about 'thefupperaedgeof the shoe for detachably conmeeting the guard thereto, a skirt depending from said upper portion for'disposal about the rear and sides of the heel of the shoe, said skirt being outwardly flared in spaced relation to the heel Y n ha o be da les dist nce. from t e ins de of t ee h n pmt e ut i e h e f,

andchanneleddraining means on the innersurface ot the skirt and sloping from the inside of the heehto the outsidethereof.

firl an ov rsho a t tm maria w the shoe and depending therefrom for disposal about the rear, andsides of the heel thereof in outwardly.fiared spaced relation to the heel, and

channeleddraining means on the inner surface of the skirt and sloping downwardly from the inside of;the heel to the outside thereoi FERGUSON, B. GE RSILL WILLIAM ,-A. GEERS; 

